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Matt Gaetz may be done with the House of Representatives, but his former colleagues aren’t through with him yet.

Lawmakers on Thursday are expected to decide the fate of the long-awaited House ethics report into sexual misconduct allegations against Gaetz, with many pressing for its release even though the Florida Republican has left Congress and withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general. Gaetz denies the allegations.

The bipartisan committee planned to vote in the afternoon on whether to make public the findings of their yearslong inquiry. If they decide against that disclosure, Democrats are poised to force votes on the House floor requiring the committee to publish the full report.

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[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago

The fact that there are people who don't want to release it means it's pretty damning. You don't try to bury reports that imply your party member is innocent.

[-] bookmeat@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 1 week ago

Is it irony that they're debating releasing an ethics report about a scumbag?

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

It shouldn't matter it is a scumbag or not. Either the report exonerates him, or he wasn't acting ethically which we should know about. Either way there should be no discussion whether or should be released or not.

The fact that this is debated, says that there major ethical issues among people deciding about it.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

I look at it this way: this was work done by a governing body, who were elected to perform the work. This wasn't an FBI criminal investigation. It was a legislative ethics investigation on another legislator.

There is no earthly reason this should not be available to the public, no matter how innocent the report is.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

No. It would be irony for an ethics committee to be the subject of an ethics investigation. For a scumbag, it's just expected.

[-] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Just like rain on your wedding day.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Or a free ride when you've already paid

[-] uberdroog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

And all of tax funded.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Leak it you cowards.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What's the point of wasting tax payer dollars on an ethics report you're going to bury??

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

The tax payer dollars spent on compiling the report weren't wasted.

The cost in both salaries and hours of a Congress that's probably about to adjourn for the year debating the release that should have happened the moment it was completed, on the other hand..

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

I mean they got Gaetz to resign so they weren't wasted.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 week ago

Didn't he won the re election? He's going to be there again on the next congress. He basically just took a vacation.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Oh. Then you got me there that was a waste of tax money.

[-] HorreC@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

You wanna be the party of law and order. Then this is just part of the order. The law part can only come after.

[-] youvegotmoxie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

We all better get tax credits when they don’t release it

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